Blog - /blog/2012/04/23/you-ask-we-answer-tax-subsidies-oil-companies/
April 23, 2012 - Betty from Hailey, Idaho, wrote to us about subsidies for oil companies. Thanks for writing, Betty – it's an interesting subject. Warning: We may have to get a bit wonky.
Blog - /blog/2012/04/19/gridlock-budget-process/
April 19, 2012 - President Obama released a budget in February, the House passed a very different budget in March, and the Senate has declined to do a budget. The seeds are planted for stalemate this election year. Wh...
Blog - /blog/2012/04/17/annual-budget-process-where-are-we-now/
April 18, 2012 - The House and Senate return this week from their spring recess with the seeds of a summer budget stalemate already planted.As required by law, in February President Obama released the Administration&r...
Video - /videos/2012/4/13/budget-brief-a-tale-of-two-budgets/
April 13, 2012 - ...deficit reduction in Rep. Paul Ryan's budget and the Congressional Progressive Caucus budget. Budget Process, Debt & Deficit, Taxes & Revenue, Transparency & Data
Blog - /blog/2012/04/03/pentagon-battles-healthcare-costs/
April 4, 2012 - As the Pentagon scrambles to find ways to save money, the Defense Department has included in its fiscal year 2013 budget request a political bombshell – increasing beneficiary contributions to i...
Analysis - /analysis/2012/presidents-budget-fy2013/education/
March 29, 2012 - ...deficit, a February 2011 poll found that 62 percent of Americans supported more funding for education in the federal budget—the strongest support for any type of spending. However, even with the...
Blog - /blog/2012/03/27/chairman-ryans-budget-more-less/
March 29, 2012 - ...deficit ...
Analysis - /analysis/2012/competing-visions/
March 28, 2012 - This week the House of Representatives will consider two significantly different alternatives to the president’s fiscal 2013 budget request— the Republican draft budget resolution, introdu...
Blog - /blog/2012/03/15/priorities-yours-mine-and-the-presidents/
March 15, 2012 - I had an interesting discovery while combing through the numbers of the president's budget. I found that President Obama's spending priorities match pretty closely with the things Americans say they w...
Blog - /blog/2012/03/12/you-ask-we-answer-how-much-aid-do-we-give-to-foreign-countries/
March 12, 2012 - Kris from Concord, California, wrote in to ask how much aid the United States gives to foreign countries. Foreign aid and diplomacy together comprise around 1 percent of the federal budget, or $56 bil...
Video - /videos/2012/3/9/budget-brief-the-deficit/
March 9, 2012 - ...Deficit In a recent poll, Americans said their second priority for President Obama's new budget was to cut spending. Senior research analyst Chris Hellman gives some background on past deficits and pr...
Blog - /blog/2012/03/07/cut_spending/
March 8, 2012 - In a recent blog my colleague Mattea noted that a February poll by the Hill of likely voters found that the top priority for 45 percent of respondents was "job creation." In close second, with 40 perc...
Analysis - /analysis/2012/presidents-budget-fy2013/deficit/
Feb. 29, 2012 - Deficits mattea If the president is correct about projected spending and revenues in fiscal 2013, the U.S. Treasury will collect $2.9 trillion in taxes and the federal government will run a de...
Analysis - /analysis/2012/presidents-budget-fy2013/revenues/
Feb. 29, 2012 - ...deficits. The Economy Matters In order for the federal government to raise the projected $2.9 trillion in fiscal 2013, the president’s assumptions about the economy must prove to be mo...
Analysis - /analysis/2012/presidents-budget-fy2013/
Feb. 29, 2012 - On Feb. 13, the president released his budget proposal for FY 2013. National Priorities Project looks at the numbers, the history behind them, and why the president's budget matters.
Video - /videos/2012/2/24/budget-brief-twelve-zeros/
Feb. 24, 2012 - ...Deficit, Military & Security, Social Insurance, Earned Benefits, & Safety Net, Transparency & Data
Video - /videos/2012/2/17/budget-brief-the-presidents-budget-discretionary-spending/
Feb. 17, 2012 - ...Deficit, Education, Health Care, Military & Security, Social Insurance, Earned Benefits, & Safety Net, Transparency & Data
Blog - /blog/2012/02/13/president-obamas-new-budget/
Feb. 13, 2012 - National Priorities Project examines the president's new budget, and why it matters.
Analysis - /analysis/2012/talking-about-military-spending-and-the-pentagon-budget/
Feb. 8, 2012 - An FAQ focused on the immediate and long-term impact of projected Pentagon spending.
Analysis - /analysis/2012/an-economy-thats-built-to-last-the-2012-state-of-the-union-address/
Jan. 26, 2012 - National Priorities Project takes apart President Obama’s last State of the Union Address in his first term as president.
